Children's Book Suggestions | Native American Heritage Month 2024

Some of our favorite books by Indigenous authors from the last year. For more books, browse the library catalog or view last year's recommended picture books and chapter books.

In our nonfiction section, Native American history is shelved in 973.0497, traditional stories in 299.7, biographies by subject last name in 921, and languages in 497.

Updated October 18, 2024
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Autumn
Posey, Alexander Lawrence
Paper Book
Discover the power of poetry in this simple, modern introduction to Indigenous poet Alexander Posey, featuring an ode to autumn and the changing seasons Autumn depicts a dreamy fall day full of jaybird songs and scarlet leaves dancing through the air. In this poem,...

Creek (Picture Book Age 4-8)

Being home
Sorell, Traci
Paper Book
From Sibert Honor-winning author Traci Sorell and Caldecott Medal-winning artist Michaela Goade comes a heartwarming picture book about a Native American family and the joy of moving back to their ancestral land. Today is a day of excitement--it's time to move! As a young...

Cherokee (Picture Book Age 4-8)

Clack, clack! Smack! : a Cherokee stickball story
Sorell, Traci
Paper Book
Vann, a struggling stickball player, competes in a game on the Cherokee Nation. Can he help his team win? Written by award-winning Cherokee author Traci Sorell, sports lovers ages 4 to 7 are sure to love this action-packed book. Vann loves playing his tribe's...

Cherokee (Picture Book Age 4-8)

The good game
David, Arihhonni
Paper Book
How can the small mouse and squirrel play lacrosse with the big animals? A fun Native American tale that first graders can read on their own. A game of lacrosse is about to begin--with the four-legged animals facing off against the winged animals. Mouse and Squirrel want to join!...

Haudenosaunee (Early Reader Level 1)

Red Bird danced
Quigley, Dawn
Paper Book
With lyrical verse and powerful emotion, Dawn Quigley (Ojibwe) tells the story of urban Native kids who find strength in connection with those who came before and in the hope that lets them take flight. Ariel and Tomah have lived in the city's intertribal housing complex all...

Ojibwe (Children\'s Fiction Grades 3-5)

On a wing and a tear
Smith, Cynthia Leitich
Paper Book
A living legend roosting in the backyard. An unmissable game. A hair-raising mystery. A road trip full of adventure and danger. And all the overlapping circles that connect us throughout Creation. Melanie "Mel" Roberts and Ray Halfmoon may be from different Indigenous Nations...

Muscogee (Children\'s Fiction Grades 3-5)

Buffalo dreamer
Duncan, Violet
Paper Book
Summer and her family always spend relaxed summers in Alberta, Canada, on the reservation where her mom's family lives. But this year is turning out to be an eye-opening one. First, Summer has begun to have vivid dreams in which she's running away from one of the many real-life residential schools...

Cree (Young Teen Fiction Grades 5-7)


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